Sagacity

In the valley are the fortunes made .... hid for the future said the dreamer.

Roifaineant

I watched as he begged for his job. I promised to stay away from the political aspects of the job. One tends to become sedulous when emotionally attached to one's task. The King has sub-ordinated his duties. I guess it's better that way, at least for him. When pointed out I noticed definate resipiscence of attitude with emphasis on profits. Maybe it's just me. Maybe it's a simple case of logorrhea. When asked my intended duration of employment, I replied, I'm as loyal as my wallet. When my company begins to once again luxuriate reaching $30,000 to $50,000 per month, my loyalty will grow thin. Until then I'll avoid a path of rubicon.

Scuto Bonae Voluntatis Tuae Coronasti Nos.....God has encompassed me with the shield of his favor.

Rezdechausse

So it's not enough to be on the ground floor. Today I was told that if a certain mistake was repeated, I would most definately be fired. The boss later laughed when I pointed out that his learning curve was more like a learning cliff.

Keep Your Mouth Shut and Give Away Money!

So maybe I'm missing something but, generally when people apply for credit, they actually need to meet some type of general guideline to qualify. Part of this past weekend was a real money give-a-way. Maybe it's repayment, retribution or just plain charity to the same system that made the organization wealthy. I myself, pushed over $35,000 worth of product out the door during the week-end which caused one of the managers to mention in logodaedaly fashion that my efforts were becoming quite attractive to the organization.

I'm not the brightest bulb in the chandelier but, my background in lending dictates that the issuance on dirty paper isn't productive nor profitable for any of the parties concerned. It was apparent that the news of free money via, lenient/relaxed lending criteria, stirred up the sub-culture of knowledgeable credit challenged shoppers. It was if the news about the issuance of free fema checks with no qualifying requirements were announced anew.

As I flung product out the door completing sale after sale, my name was consistently paged over the intercom. "Dumbest salesman in the store, you have a returning customer at the front desk!" Each time I rushed to the front entrance of the store expecting to see a familiar face or faces only to be shocked by returning customers that I had never meet before in my life. As I passed customers in the store on their cell phones, I thought I heard my name. I've come to the conclusion, the sub-culture is much more advanced than the system in place.

So you tell me....if you know that answer to my puzzle. Should I tell the Emperor that his system has some serious flaw? Should I leave well enough alone and like fellow staff members milk the cow til it runs out of milk? One thing for sure, if I speak out in my current status, fellow staff members will surely escort me to the back door saying, "You're screwing things up for everyone!"

Hopefully my market will bounce back or I'll hit the lottery and be in a position where I can work with my friend for free. I'll fill his ear 4 sure! In the meantime I was offered a full-time position. I'm glad. I'll start in about a week.

Masters in the Art of Predicting Failure

So I began to understand the dream somewhat clearer. According to the dream, I failed to fit in yet, was considered a trusted advisor. To me, it seemed a rather eristical proposition capable of causing cephalalgia.

Then the light clicked on and the pathway to kakotopia was displayed openly. The staff had mastered the art of dissuasion and the King was unaware. My background, which was anchored in the bay of transaction salvation was viewed by the current staff as a griffe and outdated. None of these $100,000 a year individuals was concerned with my past experience, nor the fact that many of the $200,000 to $300,000 dollar transactions that I've worked on in the past and many times saved, had been dissuaded by individuals just like them. To my utter amazement, I was just another newbie, void of any real conversational value.

I'm going to have a hard time comprehending and accepting the prevailing concept held by the majority of the boss's current staff. The concept of predicting futile and time consuming transactions without going thru the entire sales process. Most importantly the greeting, warm-up and establishing common ground process. When I asked one of the staff members if I could borrow his tape measure. He said, "I don't have one". He later pulled me aside and said, "I actually had one but, they (the customers), were not buyers so I didn't see a reason to waste the time taking it out and using it." I replied...."Man you guys are good." I thought to myself, "I'll bring my own in the future."

Hopefully someone will be able to grasp some truths from these anachronous writings. They are intended to be illusive due to the sensitive nature of the subject matter. I'll close this post with a key. I went back to work for a millionaire friend. My days are numbered to how long I can withhold my personal views.

Years ago, I left the automotive industry because one of the managers commented that if I didn't learn how to lie, I would never succeed. I sense that this position may hinge on one's ability to predict failure. I have always believed that one who views failure at the onset tends to create an environment of self fulfilling prophecy.

Hindsight Speaks

Looking back I have a theory. He was quite the deipnosophist. At first I was impressed. Of course one could easily deduct by his excessive weight that his actual purpose and focus was to gormandize the unprepared hosts. In the mist of disagreement I replied, "exitus acta probat," know that success can only be measured by results and the outcome justifies the act. The organizational views have degenerated to a stance of exnihilo nihil fit, thinking that something can not be made from nothing. This can't be further from the truth. All the seen realm is actually made from nothing and to nothingness it shall return.

Nailed it Down!

Though it's the second day, I probably should have started this blog with the hiring process.

I've been having these nightmares about going back to an old boss and asking for a job. It had gotten to the point that I was having these dreams a couple of times a week. Yea, I know that I've been experiencing some financial difficulty but have always been able to eventually weather the storms. Now I was facing some major losses with no where to turn. So as I headed down the freeway, I remembered the phone number to an old boss that I had worked for. During the Mortgage Real Estate Hayride, I often referred to him amongst clients and fellow employees as a friend. So I called him hp and asked if he had any positions open for a friend/ex-employee. He replied, "come right in."

So I went in and was offered a very meager starting wage. Being an ex-employee, I understood his reasoning. His hiring motivation is a search for long-term working relations and not for individuals who are looking for a fast buck. So I took the meager offer that most would have considered an insult. The main reason for accepting the offer was in obedience to the dream I had the night before. In the dream I worked for him in a capacity where 1. I didn't fit in. and 2. I was considered a trusted advisor. I notice a definite sub-culture. He's seems to be in the starting stages of a type of Howard Hughes syndrome.

Employees take a negative outlook towards the customer's ability to purchase goods and services. I have always believed that customers should be given the opportunity to buy. Several niche' areas have developed in the organization managed by individuals with territorial, yet obvious self-seeking personalities. Body language skills are in many cases offensive. Assumptive reasoning abilities are also lacking. Case in point, while talking to a male customer who had come to the store with his attractive female acquaintance, the staff member without any prior common ground, commented on the tattoo located on her back. This could be considered quite offensive to most cultures. A safer conversation could have be started by noticing that her foot was in a brace from a recent injury.

So now we come to the end of the second day. I've sold quite a bit of inventory. I've disagreed on several occasions with regular staff. It's quite obvious that the regular staff and I will probably not be close. It's also apparent that no one in the current employ is willing to tell the emperor the real truth. Fortunately I'm confident that my industry, which is the backbone of American economy will bounce back given enough time. And I'll not experience the backlash of exploding at one of his erroneously negative thinking, small sales minded, curmudgeon, eristical masters in dontopedalogy staff members. Hopefully, I can become a valuable enough asset whereby I can inform the emperor of his organization's growing corrosive sub-culture. But for now it's sort of fun to be back working for an old friend.

While standing next to my old boss, He stated that he was really glad that I come back to the company. My reply was, "I'm having so much fun that I would have done this for free." God showed me that he needed to hear that.

This is truly becoming a lesson in humility and obedience.

First Day

Like any other new day. Hussle and bussle. Don't know that you don't know. Noticed the existence of a definite sub-culture. There's still the old fear to tell the boss the truth.